The Capability of The Non-Formal Health Service Providers To Provide Abditional Support To TB Care. Tuberculosis (TB) is an important health problem in Indonesia. In Lampung province case detection rate (CDR) of TB is still low, i.e. 40.6% in 2007. Low CDR may be due to low capacity of the health services to identity.TB suspects. The objective of this research is to describe the capability of t…
Background: TSG-6, an inflamation-associated protein, forms covalent complexes with heavy-chains from TNF. These protein potentiating the antiplasmin activity of this serine protease inhibitor. The aim of study was to determine and show that TSG-6 are present in Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) from patients with lung TB and heavy smoker. Design and Methods : Experiments conducted in vitro with pu…
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen38 is a potent serodiagnostic agent containing two M. tuberculosisspecific B-cell epitopes. The high price of imported diagnostic agents hinders realization of fast clinical TB diagnosis in developing countries. Therefore, we produced recombinant antigen38 (recAg38M) from M. tuberculosis local strain, which might be used to produce economical tuberc…
Indonesia is fifth in the tuberculosis (TB) prevalence globally and this country is one of the largest tobacco producers. Smoking has been reported to be an important risk factor for TB and a reduction in smoking could be expected to have a significant impact on TB incidence and prevalence. However, studies from various countries yielded conflicting results. Our study aims to explore the associ…
Indonesia is one of the countries with the largest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world. Environmental factors play significant roles in infection and disease development in children living with adult active TB cases. The aim of this study was to explore the environmental factors affecting TB risk in children, including humidity and number of people living in the same house with the c…